Recent content by zardnok

As a quick FYI, the local "Firehouse Subs" store has a promotion where you donate $2 to some Fireman's fund and they give you a 5 gallon pickle bucket that is food grade plastic. Seems like a worthy $2 donation to me! As for how to keep it cool, I keep frozen water jugs in the freezer and can...

As others have stated, you need a thermometer at grate level. You do not want the temp probe to touch the grill itself though or it will have a nasty heat spike! I recommend taking a standard potato and sticking the temp probe all the way through so the tip sticks out the other side. Then you...

Gotta give a second for the "Sugar in the Raw" aka Turbinado sugar instead of regular brown sugar. It has a much higher burn point, so if your temps spike, you don't have to worry about it and it has a better taste. The brisket I did this past weekend was Tony's, Garlic, onion, and Turbinado...

Debi has a huge list of free rub recipes on her website, you can peruse it and find one that looks interesting with spices you like. Tulsa Jeff also sells a rub and sauce recipe here on the site that is also excellent.

Very Very high creosote level. I knew not to use sweet gum, I was just excited to have free wood, especially with the bark already stripped!

Truth be known, I had a "bad experience" that turned me off smoking for a little bit. I live on a 14 acre estate with a ton of trees (Oak, pecan, apple, pear, gum, cedar, etc) and I asked the yard guy if he could hook me up with some of the fallen limbs/trimmings to use in Puff. We had a storm...

Firehouse Subs has a promotion where you make a "$2 donation" to a Fireman equipment fund and you get a 5-gallon pickle bucket with lid that is great for brining. This is a "food-grade" bucket and a really good deal for 2 bucks, plus you can feel good for hooking up the firemen.

Howdy fellow meat smokers. Been a while since I have been able to peruse the forums and smoke any meat. I have had a busy past few months. Puff is feeling lonely, so I decided it was time to take a weekend and fire up the Dragon! I am headed to Florida near the end of the month for a family...

For little snack sandwiches, chicken will be difficult, or rather not so much difficult, as overly expensive. Trying to smoke whole chickens and remove it from the bone will take FOREVER!! If she wants chickens and plans on serving it on buns, your best bet is probably to do boneless skinless...

May ya'll have a smokin' good day!

A couple of comments, before you put meat onto your new smoker, fire it up first and burn any impurities out. This will give you time also to learn temperature control and how to adjust things using the intake vents. It will take a few before adjustments affect the heat, so give it time and...

Another thing for you to look at it is cooking times. Buying 4 large briskets will take much longer to cook than 6 small briskets. Try to keep them below 10 lb for a full packer and you should be fine. I have tried to do mass quantity of briskets for folks and picked up two packers each over...

From the Lump database at Nakedwhiz... http://www.nakedwhiz.com/lumpdatabase/lumpbag6.htm Scrap Lumber Pieces?: Nearly 100% "We have received two separate reports that ceramic insulation from the kilns used to make Cowboy charcoal has been found in bags of Cowboy products. The ceramic...

Grats on pleasing the little lady. As for how to make them more tender, when you foil wrapped them, did you add any sort of liquid other than the baste of barbecue sauce? Sealing them with apple juice or Worcestshire sauce/beer combo will steam the meat and help break down the connective...

The food was definitely better than the game. Rutgers seriously out-played LSU. As for the pics, I did some work on my computer recently and apparently I forgot to plug my USB cable back in, so my phone can't connect to download the pictures yet. I will try to get some time this evening to...